Open source · 23 October 2026
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IBM releases Granite Speech 5.0 2B model for multilingual transcription

IBM released Granite Speech 5.0 2B, an Apache 2.0 speech recognition and translation model that ranks #2 on the Open ASR Leaderboard with a 5.68% average English WER, alongside updated Turbo CTC and 4.1 2B Plus models.

Benchmarks are the company's own; not independently verified.

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Add multilingual transcription and translation features using Granite Speech 5.0 2B to meet user expectations for low‑WER speech.

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